Peru to be First With New OLPC Laptop With Windows

Sep 19, 2008, 13:02 (2 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Dan Nystedt)

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"The little green laptop, which OLPC is trying to reduce to just US$100 per device, will be given out to school children throughout Peru for use over the next nine months as part of the trial. Currently, the XO costs around US$200 each to build."

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